Loose-reed motion for looms.



No. 710,192. Patented spt. 3o, |902. E. HEz|G. v

LOOSE REED MOTION FOR LDOMS.

' (Applcatiofa led Feb. 21, 1901.) I

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LOOSE-REED lVlTlON FOR L OONIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Letters Patent NO. 710,192, dated September 30, 1902.

Application filed February 21, 1901. Serial No. 48,262. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom; t 11i/tty concern:

Be itknown that I, EDUARD l-IERZIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Union Hill, Hudson county, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful linprovements in Loose-Reed Motions for Looms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to looms, and has for its principal object to improve the construction of that class of looms forming the subject-matter of United States Letters Patent No. 623,604, granted to me April 25, 1899.

By my present invention l produce a loom of the auxiliary reed-movementtype wherein- 3 is a broken-away face View of a portion of the supporting-hatten, showing the cushion for receiving the impact of the reed-frame. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 fi of Fig. 3; and Fig. is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 3, showing also the reed-frame.

Referring to the drawings for a fuller description of the invention, A is the frameof the loom, which may be provided with any usual take-up rollers B, guide and tension rollers C, dac., and heddles D.

E is the main or driving shaft of the loom, which is shown as provided with a gear-wheel F, meshing with a gear-wheel G on a crankshaft H, which crank-shaft moves the batten, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

I is the hatten, which is preferably pivoted at its lower end below the shed and provided with a movable reed K, preferably pivot'ed at its upper end L tothe upper end of the hatten. At or near each end the batten I is preferably provided with a slot p and a recess q. The rearwall of the recess is inclined with respect to the plane of the hatten, as shown in Fig. 4, and the rear face of the batten is provided with a slotted wedge r. A wedge-shaped metallic base s slides in the recess q of the batten and is provided with a bolt which extends through the batten and is set by lock-nuts o o. The base s is faced with a strip w of iirm elastic material, such as leather, to receive the impact of the reed. The batten may be swung by any desired means, preferably by means of a pitman M, pivotally connected to the hatten at one end and to a crank on the crank-shaft H. A lever N is preferably secured loosely upon the shaft E and extends upward and is provided with a roller or ball n, adapted to be operated upon by a cam h on the crank-shaft H. This cam h is formed with an abrupt drop between its highest portion and a lower portion. The lever N is preferably connected to the reed K at or near the lower end of the said reed by a draft connection comprisinga pitman or link N for drawing upon the reed, which link is pivoted at one end to the actuating-leverN and at the other end to the reed. The link N is shown as a two-part link adjustable in length by means of a setscrew and slot connection.

O is an actuating-spring for throwing the reed forward to Agive the beat-up motion.

It will be understood that the drawings are illustrations only, and two or more cranks, cams, links, and pitmen may be employed.

The operation of the device shown is as follows: The crank on the shaft H imparts to the swinging hatten I the usual positive forward-and-backward motion. Y The reed, however, in its entirety does not fully partake of the forward motion of the hatten, but as the batten moves forward is retracted by the cam h', which swings the reed on its pivot L. When the crank is on a dead-center and the batten is in its farthest forward or normal beating-up position, the ball or roller 'n rolls or drops off the high portion of the-cam onto a lower portion thereof and the reed is snapped sharply forward by the spring O, which has been put under tension -by the retraction of the reed. This forward motion of the reed beats up the thread.V As the lower end of the reeds come against the check w its impact will be deadened and the shock on the machine minimized. By meansof the bolt IOO and lock-nut construction the check may be y adjusted 'in the direction of its-length, and as the surface of the recess q is inclined to the normal plane of the batten the surface of the check w will thereby be adjusted laterally in planes parallel to the plane of the batten.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ls-

l. In a loom, the combination of a batten, a reed carried by the batten and movable with respect thereto, means for imparting an'auxiliary beat-up motion to the reed, a yielding check interposed between reed and batten, and means for adjusting the said check both laterally and longitudinally of the batten.

2. In a loom, the combination of a batten, a reed carried by the batten and movable with respect thereto, means for imparting an auX- iliary beat-up motion lto the reed, and an adjustable yielding check device of a general wedge shape interposed between the reed and batten.

3. In a loom, the combination of a batten, a reed carried by the batten and movable with respect thereto, and means for moving the reed, the meeting faces of the reed and batten being substantially parallel, and a yielding check of a general Wedge shape adjustably secured to the batten, the said batten being cut away on a line inclined to its plane, and being provided with a Wedge r, whereby the check may be adjusted laterally, and at the same time maintain its parallelism with the face of the reed.

4. In a loom, the combination of a batten, a reed movably carried by the batten, a check for limiting the movement of the reed relatively to the batten, said check being adjustable transversely of the movement of the reed, and means for operating the reed and the batten.

5. In a loom, the combination of a batten, a reed movable relatively to the batten, one of said parts having an inclined surface on the side facing the other part, a substantially Wedge-shaped check adjustable on said inclined surface, and means for operating the reed and batten.

6. In a loom, the combination of a batten, a reed movable relatively to the batten, one of said parts having an inclined surface on the side facing the other part, a substantially Wedge-shaped check adjustable on said iuclined surface, a wedge engaging the opposite surface of the part having the inclined surface, and a securing vconnection from the check to the Wedge.

EDUARD HERZIG. Witnesses:

GEO. E. Mossa, OTTO v. SCHRENK. 

